Saturday 31 March 2012

These mountain ranges are the highest in the Carpathian Mountains and forms a natural border between Slovakia and Poland and its name has a very sensitive current importance in INDIA ...I think you GOT it (Q.NO:107)

EARTH HOUR ...MARCH 31 >>>8.30PM TO 9.30 PM(Q.NO:106:When and where did the earth hour observe for the first time?)

The Earth Hour 2012 will be observed on March 31 from 8.30pm to 9.30pm, when people all over the world will turn off the lights to create awareness about climate change.

Paris Eiffel tower before and during Earth Hour.

PLEASE OPEN THE LINK BELOW TO SEE SOME WONDERFUL EARTHHOUR MOMENTS
Towers and landmarks BEFORE AND DURING EARTH HOUR(Picture no.10 to 14 are SUPERB)

ANSWER:
Earth Hour, launched in 2007 in Australia by theWorld Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Tuesday 27 March 2012

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe....IN WHICH FIELD IS HE FAMOUS?TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY...(Q.NO:105)

GOOGLE DOODLE TODAY IN MEMORY OF MIES

ANSWER:Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German architect. He is commonly referred to and addressed asMies, his surname.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture

UNDERGROUND FLOWER ....(QUESTION NO:104)

NAME THIS UNDERGROUND ORCHID

This Orchid’s common name is Underground Orchid. Very fitting as this plant lives, grows and even flowers underground!

Found only in Western Australia, the underground orchid is exotic and endangered. It was discovered in 1928 by a farmer who was ploughing his land...WHAT IS ITS ORIGINAL NAME?

ANSWER:Rhizanthella gardneri

Tuesday 20 March 2012

CHUCKERS >>>>>>?? SAJEED AJMAL,MURALITHARAN, HARBHAJAN , MALINGA...and the list goes on.....

CHUCKING $ MATCH FIXING ARE THE TWO INCURABLE MALADIES AFFECTED TO MODERN DAY CRICKET

....Indian cricketers have raised their concern over P akistan cricketor AJMAL'S bowling action after the high-voltage match against India in the 2012 Asia cup but the Indian team management has decided not to go ahead with its strong reservations over Saeed Ajmal’s action after the International Cricket Council (ICC) made it clear that the off-spinner’s action was legal....(because we also have chuckkers)

The 34-year-old Ajmal has been in the midst of a controversy over his action, and just before theAsia Cup the English cricketers had also raised their concern about the bowler. He later claimed that he had a special dispensation from the game's governing body to straighten his arm beyond the allowed 15 degrees.

Ajmal, during an interview to an English media house, after Pakistan's 3-0 Test win over England in the UAE, had claimed, "ICC has allowed me 23.5 because my arm is not good because of an accident, that is why a problem."

Sajeed Ajmal

As long as a bowler chucking to the naked eye. He is a chucker. Don't care about 15 or30degrees.I have been closely watching the game(ONLY AS A CRICKET LOVER) for the last 24 years,In my opinion Sajeed Ajmal ,Muralitharan .
(I am also saying that Muraleetharan is a spirited, hardworking,gentleman cricketer with a wrong bowling action ) Johaan Botha ,Shoaib Malik,Marlon Samuels, Muhammad Hafeez ,Malinga ,$Harbhajan Singh are chuckers .Fidel edward's action is also suspicious. ,Shoaib Akthar(chucks minium two balls in one over),Brett lee ,R.P Singh and Praveenkumar are also occasional chuckkers. Watch Sri Lanka's upcoming off spinner Sachithra Senanayake,who bowled well against the brave Bangladesh today has also a very doutful action BUT None is willing to correct him.

ntleman cricketer Most of the current off spinners are chucking to get extra turn and variations

and NONE IS READY TO BELL THE CAT. Third umpire must interfere if a bowler chuckes even only once in a game,.Severe action must be taken against chuckers and occassional chuckers.In my opinion WARNE and KUMBLE are the BEST SPINNERS of NEW ERA .Without the help of ILLEGAL BENDING OF ARM Muralitharan CANT ACHIEVE WHAT HE HAD ACHIEVED but the fact is that none is ready to say THE KING IS NAKED

Sajeed Ajmal

Muralitharan

ICC said that unless the Match Referee or the umpires express doubts over AJMAL'S action, nobody has any right to cast aspersions. Doubts over his action were cleared by the ICC in May 2009...“In Ajmal’s case we have tested him, we have monitored him even in live situations, he bowls within the allowed degree of tolerance. So there isn’t any issue with him… You are allowed to bowl with an arm that you don’t straighten in the course of action and he is well within the degrees of tolerance,” an ICC official said.

NO UMPIRE WILL CALL BECAUSE THEY ALL KNEW THE FATE OF THE BOLD DARRELL HAIR, who RIGHTLY no balled Muttiah Muralitharan seven times in three overs for throwing the ICC later said that umpires had expressed doubts about his legitimacy for more than two years. Biomechanical investigation of Muralitharan's action conducted at the behest of the ICC concluded that a congenital elbow deformity was partly responsible for his unusual action and his arm remained bent throughout delivery of the ball. After further review by an expert panel, the ICC decided to raise the elbow extension limit to 15 degrees for all bowlers. In 1999 Hair was found guilty by the ICC of bringing the game into disrepute after he described Muralitharan action as "diabolical".Hair later received death threats that referenced the throwing incident and as a result the ICC decreed that he would not officiate any of Sri Lankas matches at the 1999 World Cup.^[In 2011, Hair is still saying that Muralitharan's bowling action is suspect.

"Muralitharan has a congenital elbow deformity ,Shoaib AKTHER' and RP SINGH have Hyperextension of arm AND Sajeed Ajmal had an accident and his hand broken so he can't bowl as normal...GET LOST....."ICC, PLEASE DONT FOOL US ANYMORE by these types of RIDICULOUS ASSUMPTIONS.
NO COMMENTATOR IS BOLD ENOUGH TO CALL THE SPADE A SPADE .RAVI SHASTRI,GAVASKAR,IAN CHAPPEL,RAMEES RAJA,MANJAREKAR,HARSHA BHOGLE,DEAN JOHNS,NASSER HUSSAIN.etc....ALL OF THEM KNEW THE TRUTH ...BUT NONE WILL UTTER A WORD ...BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEIR JOB.They are also cheating and misleading us..SO THEY CALL MALINGA NOT A CHUCKER BUT A SLINGER.

Harbhajan Singh

Fidel Edwards

Malinga

Fidel Edwards

Brett Lee

Praveen Kumar

Johaan Botha

Mohammad Hafeez

Muhammad Hafeez

Marlon Samuels

Shoaib Malik during Bio Mechanics test

***** How about testing a bowler during an actual test match. Anyone can alter their action slightly when being put in a clinic and told you are being tested for chucking..*******

Shoaib Malik

R P Singh

Shoaib Akthar

PLEASE DONT KILL CRICKET ...NO ONE CAN BE CLEARED FOR EVER . THESE TYPE OF BOWLERS DO OFTEN CHUCK AFTER CLARANCE.FORGET ABOUT THE MONEY AND MUSCLE POWER OF CRICKET BOARDS.PUT A LASH OF WHIP AGAINST THESE CHUKERS AND WATCH THEM CLOSELY AND BAN THEM IF THEY CONTINUE IT, OTHERWISE YOUNGER GENERATION WILL FOLLOW THESE FELLOWS...THROW AWAY THE ' degrees' BELIEVE THE NAKED EYE OR WATCH THE ACTION REPLAYS ,EVEN A BLIND CAN SIMPLY PERCEIVE IT.

Sachithra Senanayake

ICC , please keep your eyes open and come out strongly on those issues and send a clear and loud message to everyone otherwise what can not be cured must be endured Nobody in the world can bowl DOOSRA or THEESARA with legal action.

PLEASE HAVE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ABOVE PHOTOS AND WATCH THE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THESE BOWLERS AND JUDGE whether I AM RIGHT OR WRONG
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THROWING OR CHUCKING

In the sport of cricket, throwing, commonly referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action which occurs when a bowler straightens their arm when delivering the ball. The Laws of Cricket specify that a bowler's arm must be fully extended and rotated about the shoulder to impart velocity to the ball. Throws are not allowed. If the umpire deems that the ball has been thrown, he will call a no ball which means the batsman cannot be given out from that delivery. Current regulations of the International Cricket Council (ICC) set the legal limit of 15 degrees of permissible straightening of the elbow joint for all bowlers in international cricket. This law applies between the point at which the bowling arm passes above shoulder height and the point at which the ball is released.

The charge of 'throwing' against a bowler is one of the most serious and controversial that can be made in cricket, as a bowler with an illegal action cannot dismiss a batsman. This means the player cannot effectively participate in the game, and may not be selected again without significant change to the way they bowl.

Hyperextension

In a recent report by scientists commissioned by the ICC it was shown that Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akhtar and Indian bowler R. P. Singh were seen to extend their elbow joints by a negative angle with respect to the upper arm. This phenomenon, also known as hyperextension, can give the illusion of throwing. However, in the report it was seen that R. P. Singh maintained this negative angle throughout his delivery stride, while Akhtar sometimes bowled a quicker delivery by flexing this hyperextension. These actions are not considered to be chucking as they are due to the unique architecture of their elbows, possibly a congenital condition. Since these cricketers have no control over this hyperextension it is permitted so long as their action is inside the 15 degree elbow extension tolerance threshold.

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Friday 16 March 2012

SACHIN SCORES THE MOST AWAITED 100 th CENTURY....

Watch the HISTORIC MOMENT

Ajith Tendulkar

Ramakanth Achrekar

Vinod Kambli

SACHIN SCORES THE MOST AWAITED 100 th CENTURY AGAINST THE BANGLADESH TODAY at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh .Shakib Al Hassan was the bowler when he scored the historic single and thus by the 100 th CENTURY..SACHIN, YOU MADE CRICKET THE MOST WATCHED GAME ...

List of Test cricket centuries

No.	Score	Against	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result
1	119*	England	2	2	Old Trafford Cricket Ground,Manchester	Away	14 August 1990	Draw^[6]
2	148*	Australia	1	3	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	6 January 1992	Draw^[7]
3	114	Australia	1	5	WACA Ground,Perth	Away	3 February 1992	Lost^[8]
4	111	South Africa	1	2	Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg	Away	28 November 1992	Draw^[9]
5	165	England	1	2	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium,Chennai	Home	12 February 1993	Won^[10]
6	104*	Sri Lanka	2	2	Sinhalese Sports Club,Colombo	Away	31 July 1993	Won^[11]
7	142	Sri Lanka	1	1	K. D. Singh Babu Stadium,Lucknow	Home	19 January 1994	Won^[12]
8	179	West Indies	1	2	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur	Home	2 December 1994	Draw^[13]
9	122	England	2	1	Edgbaston Cricket Ground,Birmingham	Away	8 June 1996	Lost^[14]
10	177	England	1	3	Trent Bridge,Nottingham	Away	5 July 1996	Draw^[15]
11	169♠	South Africa	1	2	Newlands Cricket Ground,Cape Town	Away	4 January 1997	Lost^[16]
12	143♠	Sri Lanka	1	1	R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo	Away	3 August 1997	Draw^[17]
13	139♠	Sri Lanka	1	2	Sinhalese Sports Club (2), Colombo	Away	11 August 1997	Draw^[18]
14	148♠	Sri Lanka	1	3	Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai	Home	4 December 1997	Draw^[19]
15	155*	Australia	2	1	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (2), Chennai	Home	9 March 1998	Won^[20]
16	177	Australia	1	3	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore	Home	26 March 1998	Lost^[21]
17	113	New Zealand	2	2	Basin Reserve,Wellington	Away	29 December 1998	Lost^[22]
18	136	Pakistan	2	1	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (3), Chennai	Home	31 January 1999	Lost^[23]
19	124*	Sri Lanka	2	2	Sinhalese Sports Club (3), Colombo	Away	28 February 1999	Draw^[24]
20	126*♠	New Zealand	2	1	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	Home	13 October 1999	Draw^[25]
21	217♠	New Zealand	1	3	Sardar Patel Stadium,Motera,Ahmedabad	Home	30 October 1999	Draw^[26]
22	116♠	Australia	1	2	Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne	Away	28 December 1999	Lost^[27]
23	122	Zimbabwe	1	1	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi	Home	21 November 2000	Won^[28]
24	201*	Zimbabwe	1	2	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (2), Nagpur	Home	26 November 2000	Draw^[29]
25	126	Australia	1	3	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (4), Chennai	Home	20 March 2001	Won^[30]
26	155	South Africa	1	1	Goodyear Park,Bloemfontein	Away	3 November 2001	Lost^[31]
27	103	England	1	2	Sardar Patel Stadium (2), Motera, Ahmedabad	Home	13 December 2001	Draw^[32]
28	176	Zimbabwe	1	1	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground (3), Nagpur	Home	24 February 2002	Won^[33]
29	117	West Indies	1	2	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Away	20 April 2002	Won^[34]
30	193	England	1	3	Headingley,Leeds	Away	23 August 2002	Won^[35]
31	176	West Indies	2	3	Eden Gardens,Kolkata	Home	3 November 2002	Draw^[36]
32	241*	Australia	1	4	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	4 January 2004	Draw^[37]
33	194*	Pakistan	1	1	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	Away	29 March 2004	Won^[38]
34	248*	Bangladesh	1	1	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	Away	12 December 2004	Won^[39]
35	109	Sri Lanka	1	2	Feroz Shah Kotla (2), New Delhi	Home	22 December 2005	Won^[40]
36	101	Bangladesh	1	1	Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium,Chittagong	Away	19 May 2007	Draw^[41]
37	122*	Bangladesh	1	2	Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	Away	26 May 2007	Won^[42]
38	154*	Australia	1	2	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	4 January 2008	Lost^[43]
39	153	Australia	1	4	Adelaide Oval,Adelaide	Away	25 January 2008	Draw^[44]
40	109	Australia	1	4	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium,Nagpur	Home	6 November 2008	Won^[45]
41	103*	England	2	1	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (5), Chennai	Home	15 December 2008	Won^[46]
42	160	New Zealand	1	1	Seddon Park,Hamilton	Away	20 March 2009	Won^[47]
43	100*	Sri Lanka	2	1	Sardar Patel Stadium (3), Motera, Ahmedabad	Home	20 November 2009	Draw^[48]
44	105*	Bangladesh	1	1	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium,Chittagong	Away	18 January 2010	Won^[49]
45	143	Bangladesh	1	2	Shere Bangla National Stadium (2), Mirpur	Away	25 January 2010	Won^[50]
46	100	South Africa	2	1	Cricket Association Stadium (2), Nagpur	Home	9 February 2010	Lost^[51]
47	106	South Africa	1	2	Eden Gardens,Kolkata	Home	15 February 2010	Won^[52]
48	203	Sri Lanka	1	2	Sinhalese Sports Club (4), Colombo	Away	28 July 2010	Draw^[53]
49	214	Australia	1	2	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2),Bangalore	Home	11 October 2010	Won^[54]
50	111*	South Africa	2	1	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Away	19 December 2010	Lost^[55]
51	146	South Africa	1	3	Newlands Cricket Ground (2), Cape Town	Away	4 January 2011	Draw^[56]

Key

* denotes that he remained not out.
♠ denotes that he was the captain of the Indian team in that match.
Test denotes the number of the Test match played in that series.
Inn. denotes the number of the Indian innings in the Test match.
H/A denotes whether the venue was in home (India) or away.
Lost denotes that the match was lost by India.
Won denotes that the match was won by India.
Draw denotes that the match was drawn.

[edit]List of ODI centuries

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	110	Australia	2	1	84.61	R. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo	Neutral	September 9, 1994	Won^[57]
2	115	New Zealand	2	2	84.55	IPCL Sports Complex Ground,Vadodara	Home	October 28, 1994	Won^[58]
3	105	West Indies	2	1	78.35	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	Home	November 11, 1994	Won^[59]
4	112*	Sri Lanka	2	2	104.67	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium,Sharjah	Neutral	April 9, 1995	Won^[60]
5	127*	Kenya	2	2	92.02	Barabati Stadium,Cuttack	Home	February 18, 1996	Won^[61]
6	137	Sri Lanka	2	1	100.00	Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi	Home	March 2, 1996	Lost^[62]
7	100	Pakistan	2	1	90.09	Padang,Singapore	Neutral	April 5, 1996	Won^[63]
8	118	Pakistan	2	1	84.28	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (2), Sharjah	Neutral	April 15, 1996	Won^[64]
9	110♠	Sri Lanka	2	1	79.71	R. Premadasa Stadium (2), Colombo	Away	August 28, 1996	Lost^[65]
10	114♠	South Africa	1	1	90.47	Wankhede Stadium,Mumbai	Home	December 14, 1996	Won^[66]
11	104♠	Zimbabwe	1	1	107.21	Willowmoore Park, Benoni	Neutral	February 9, 1997	Won^[67]
12	117♠	New Zealand	2	2	85.40	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore	Home	May 14, 1997	Won^[68]
13	100	Australia	2	2	112.35	Green Park Stadium,Kanpur	Home	April 7, 1998	Won^[69]
14	143	Australia	2	2	109.16	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (3), Sharjah	Neutral	April 22, 1998	Lost^[70]
15	134	Australia	2	2	102.29	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (4), Sharjah	Neutral	April 24, 1998	Won^[71]
16	100*	Kenya	2	2	97.08	Eden Gardens,Kolkata	Home	May 31, 1998	Won^[72]
17	128	Sri Lanka	2	1	97.70	R. Premadasa Stadium (3), Colombo	Away	July 7, 1998	Won^[73]
18	127*	Zimbabwe	2	2	97.69	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Away	September 26, 1998	Won^[74]
19	141	Australia	2	1	110.15	Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka	Neutral	October 28, 1998	Won^[75]
20	118*	Zimbabwe	2	2	105.35	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (5), Sharjah	Neutral	November 8, 1998	Won^[76]
21	124*	Zimbabwe	2	2	134.78	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (6), Sharjah	Neutral	November 13, 1998	Won^[77]
22	140*	Kenya	4	1	138.61	County Ground,Bristol	Neutral	May 23, 1999	Won^[78]
23	120♠	Sri Lanka	1	1	85.10	Sinhalese Sports Club,Colombo	Away	August 29, 1999	Won^[79]
24	186*♠	New Zealand	2	1	124.00	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium,Hyderabad	Home	November 8, 1999	Won^[80]
25	122	South Africa	2	2	88.40	IPCL Sports Complex Ground (2), Vadodara	Home	March 17, 2000	Won^[81]
26	101	Sri Lanka	2	1	72.14	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (7), Sharjah	Neutral	October 20, 2000	Lost^[82]
27	146	Zimbabwe	2	1	95.42	Barkatullah Khan Stadium,Jodhpur	Home	December 8, 2000	Lost^[83]
28	139	Australia	2	1	111.20	Nehru Stadium,Indore	Home	March 31, 2001	Won^[84]
29	122*	West Indies	2	2	93.12	Harare Sports Club, Harare	Neutral	July 4, 2001	Won^[85]
30	101	South Africa	2	1	78.29	New Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg	Away	October 5, 2001	Lost^[86]
31	146	Kenya	2	1	110.60	Boland Park,Paarl	Neutral	October 24, 2001	Won^[87]
32	105*	England	4	1	97.22	Riverside Ground,Chester-le-Street	Away	July 4, 2002	N/R^[88]
33	113	Sri Lanka	4	1	110.78	County Ground (2), Bristol	Neutral	July 11, 2002	Won^[89]
34	152	Namibia	2	1	100.66	City Oval,Pietermaritzburg	Neutral	February 23, 2003	Won^[90]
35	100	Australia	2	1	84.03	Roop Singh Stadium,Gwalior	Home	October 26, 2003	Won^[91]
36	102	New Zealand	2	1	112.08	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium (2), Hyderabad	Home	November 15, 2003	Won^[92]
37	141	Pakistan	2	2	104.44	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium,Rawalpindi	Away	March 16, 2004	Lost^[93]
38	123	Pakistan	2	1	94.61	Sardar Patel Stadium,Motera,Ahmedabad	Home	April 12, 2005	Lost^[94]
39	100	Pakistan	2	1	88.49	Arbab Niaz Stadium,Peshawar	Away	February 6, 2006	Lost^[95]
40	141*	West Indies	2	1	95.27	Kinrara Academy Oval,Kuala Lumpur	Neutral	September 14, 2006	Lost^[96]
41	100*	West Indies	4	1	131.57	IPCL Sports Complex Ground (3), Vadodara	Home	January 31, 2007	Won^[97]
42	117*	Australia	1	2	97.5	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	March 2, 2008	Won^[98]
43	163*	New Zealand	2	1	122.55	AMI Stadium,Christchurch	Away	March 8, 2009	Won ^[99]
44	138	Sri Lanka	1	1	103.76	R. Premadasa Stadium (4), Colombo	Away	September 14, 2009	Won^[100]
45	175	Australia	2	2	124.11	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium,Hyderabad	Home	November 5, 2009	Lost ^[101]
46	200*	South Africa	2	1	136.05	Roop Singh Stadium (2), Gwalior	Home	February 24, 2010	Won^[102]
47	120	England	2	1	104.35	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (2), Bangalore	Home	February 27, 2011	Tied^[103]
48	111	South Africa	2	1	109.9	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium,Nagpur	Home	March 12, 2011	Lost^[104]